Gigelorum (orGiol-Daoram) is an insect ofScottish folklore. It was believed to be the smallestcreature. No description or information is available about it except that it inhabits the ear of amite.[1]
Speculation exists that it may be based upon the tiniest insect that can be discerned by people possessing excellent eyesight, thegiolcam-daobhram, which is described as "an animalcule, the smallest supposable living thing".[2] Ronald Black, a one time Celtic studies lecturer, author and journalist,[3] suggests that the creature could be a figment of the imagination offolklorist andTiree ministerJohn Gregorson Campbell as he could trace no authoritative sources for it.[2]
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